{"id":"CVE-2019-16374","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-16374","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:27:06.815Z","title":"Pega Platform 8.2.1 allows LDAP injection because a username can contain a * character and can be of unlimited length.","description":"Pega Platform 8.2.1 allows LDAP injection because a username can contain a * character and can be of unlimited length. An attacker can specify four characters of a username, followed by the * character, to bypass access control.","published":"2020-08-13T13:15:17.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:22:12.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["pega/platform"],"epss":{"score":0.01876,"percentile":0.79265,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.88%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://community.pega.com/upgrade","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://gist.github.com/IAG0110/0205823570ba04ec12e656f7f4602877","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://community.pega.com/upgrade","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://gist.github.com/IAG0110/0205823570ba04ec12e656f7f4602877","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16374","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}